diff --git a/es-core/src/components/TextComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
index 3bebb6da4..f813dfd33 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/TextComponent.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ void TextComponent::setOpacity(float opacity)
     float textOpacity {opacity * mColorOpacity};
     mColor = (mColor & 0xFFFFFF00) | static_cast<unsigned char>(textOpacity * 255.0f);
 
-    float textBackgroundOpacity {opacity * mBgColorOpacity};
-    mBgColor = (mBgColor & 0xFFFFFF00) | static_cast<unsigned char>(textBackgroundOpacity * 255.0f);
-
     onColorChanged();
     GuiComponent::setOpacity(opacity);